Article securing pin



Dec. 19, 1933. F. KAUFMAN 1,939,984

ARTICLE SECURING PIN Filed Nov. 17, 1932 INVENTOR FRED KAUFMAN TTORNEY Patented Dec. 19, l933 v ,UNITEDNSI'TATES PATENT orries Fred Kaufman, Bloomington, Ill.

' Application November 17, 1932 V Serial No. 643,083

" 1 Claim. (01. 24156) The present invention relates generically to the present invention, forthe sewing would repnovel and simple, but highly efficient, attaching resent a substantial saving in time and expense. or retaining means. Morespecifically, this in- Pins constructed in accordance with the invention has particular relation to an improved vention may also find use in department stores,

5 form of securing means of the safety pin type stationery stores, hardware stores, etc., as they 60 especially adapted for use by launderers, cleanmay be employed to hold alarge group of articles, ers, tailors, ready-made clothing manufacturers such as papers, materials, etc., together. If and others. V v The pins may also be produced in varying sizes,

Cleaners often find that in many cases the ranging from a very small size to a large size debuttons of garments to be cleaned or otherwise pending upon the use to which they are to be 65 handled areabout to become detached, and probput. 7 v ably would be lost during the cleaning process The foregoing and other-objects, which will be or othertreatment unless means is taken toseapparent to those skilled in the art to which the curely retain the button in place. This may, of present invention pertains from the detailed course, be effected by sewing but this is a reladisclosure thereof hereinafter set forth, are at- 70 tively time-consuming, and consequently expentained by the construction and novel combinasive, expedient, particularly if the batch-of gartion and arrangement of parts fully described ments to be cleaned comprises a large number below, illustrated in the accompanying drawing of loosely attached buttons. The desirability and and pointed out in t e Claim hereunto pp utility of simple and inexpensive means which In the said drawing,-

' will enable one to quickly and securely retain the Fig. 1 is a view of a preferred embodiment of button in place during the cleaning or like operaa safety pin constructed in accordance with this tion is therefore apparent. Upon return'of the invention; and suits to the tailor, the aforesaid means will direct Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the method of utihis attention to the loose character of the atlizing the p shown in Fig.1, to securely retain so tachment of the button, which may then be a button on a garment or the like, a portion only properly sewed into, its place. 0f the at being how The present invention has for its principal ob- Corresponding reference characters designate ject the provision of button attaching or securing similar parts throughout the several figures of .means possessing the several characteristics awi g.

' above-described. Briefly, the preferred embodi- Referring now to the drawing, and more parment of the invention for effecting the functions ticularly to Fig. 1 thereof, it will be seen that outlined consists of a safety pin which is proreference numeral 10 desi ates, a8 a W n vided with a pin section of greater length than pr fer construction f p according to the 35 is usual in pins of this type, and which pin secv io Pin 0 y preferably comprise a tion is deformed to provide, in association with ady Section 11 d a p Section the conventional tread-carrying section of the Co ected at their ju t p ends y means of pin, a configuration substantially like that of an a Spring D Such as is more ess conisosceles triangle. The shorter leg of the devolitional in the 1151-181 safety p s uc o 40 formed pin section constitutes the base of the The Several portions 11 and as W as t e intriangle, and the longer leg extends, when the t rm diate pri l p 3, m y nv i y be pin is closed, at an acute angle from this base to fabricated from a single length of wire of suitable the head. A pin of this construction thus prometalvid in portion which may b inserted The pin section 12 is made substantially longer 45 through a hole in the loose button of any of the than t da y section a d p a y customary types and then passed through the Comprises a relatively short leg 14 approximately garment t prevent th tt from being in length three times the width of the head 16, tached and lost, the aforesaid base member proas Shown and a relatively long leg The headviding means which extends through the button carrying Section 11 is Provided at its ee end 50 without producing bending or torsional stresses with a head clasp member 16 of su table 0011- tending t t i t or br k th b tt struction, wherein the free or pin point end of Tailors and ready-made clothing manufacleg 15 is adapted to be retained when the pin is turers very often secure an extra button to the in closed positioninside of a garment by sewing thereon. Sub- The short leg 14 preferably extends approxi- 55 stitution of the improved pin, in accordance with mately a righ an l s to th h carrying tion 11 when the pin is open, as shown in Figure 1, and at an acute angle to the head-carrying section 11, in the closed position of the pin as shown in Figure 2 on the drawing, and the long leg 15 extends from the short leg to the clasp 16, defining an acute angle with each of the headcarrying portions 11 and the short leg 14. The head-carrying section 11 and the two legs 14 and 15 thus constitute a pin body which is of the configuration, substantially, of an isosceles triangle.

The short leg or base 14 of this triangle, as is particularly evident from Fig. 2, provides a convenient shank portion upon which the button 1'7, to be securely retained on the garment 18, may be handily disposed, and which provides free accommodation for the button 17 Without exposing it to twisting or torsional forces tending to break it, as would be the case with a pin portion ex-' tending directly, and without deformation, to the clasp from the spring loop.

The pin portion of the pin 10 may readily be inserted through a hole of a loosely-attached button 17 (see Fig. 2) and then passed through'the garment 18 to secure the button fronrbeing lost .during treatment of the garment.

It will be apparent fromthe foregoing detailed description of an embodiment of this invention that a novel and simple, but efiicient and inexpensive, means is thus provided for effecting the desired objects.

the spirit of the invention. For example, the length of the base 14 may be varied to accommodate a plurality of buttons, as where a clothing manufacturer desires to provide several spare buttons, or to accommodate buttons of different or considerable thickness; any other suitable type of head member or clasp 16 may be utilized in place of the form illustrated; etc. The preferred disclosure is therefore to be regarded as illustrative and the scope of the invention is not to be limited thereby or otherwise than by the terms of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

A button securing safety pin, formed of resilient wire having a head secured at one end thereof, said wire coiled to form a spring intermediate its length, the wire extending from the spring towards the head in one direction to provide a head carrying section and in another direction at approximately right angles to the head carrying section for a distance approximately three times the greatest dimension across the width of the head to form an intermediate section and then bent in the direction of the head to provide a pin carrying section, the free end being pointed and adapted to be engaged and protected by the head whereby the intermediate section separates the wire into the contiguous head and pin sections to cause said sections, when the pointed end is in engagement in the head, to form an isosceles triangle therewith and affords a button engaging portion when the pin is engaged in the fabric.

FRED KAUFMAN. 

